Issue Position: Pro-Life

Issue Position

Defend the right to life for the unborn child - Supported:
Led in passage of 2018 "Heartbeat" law - (struck down by court)
Led in passage of 2017 72-hour waiting period - (struck down by court)
Led in passage of 2017 bill to strengthen the ultrasound requirement and require full informed consent for abortion
2017 ban on abortion at 20 weeks
2020 24-hour mandatory waiting period requirement
2014 ban on webcam abortion (struck down by court)
2015 ultrasound requirement for abortion
2018 ban on the sale of aborted baby body parts
2018 prohibition on wrongful birth/life lawsuits
2020 Alfie's Law - courts cannot refuse life-sustaining treatments to a child over the parents' objections
Human Life amendment for the U.S. and Iowa Constitutions/Life-at-Conception bill

No public funding for abortion or those who commit abortion
Led in passage of 2017 defunding of abortionists in state Medicaid money
Led in passage of 2019 defunding of abortionists in federal grant money for sex education in schools

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